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Thursday, March 29, 2012

cloth for life and death

what are the embedded ideas, concepts, metaphors that have driven the making of textiles since the beginning of human culture? coveringwarmthprotection from the elementshuman need for beauty rituals that help us deal with the mystery of life and death which of these are still valid? all of them

You are a fine artist of the first degree. Beautifully conceived, accomplished and presented. Did you know that humans are the only ones who speak and vision things conceptually? THIS MAY INTEREST YOU AND YOUR READERS:http://blogs.plos.org/mitsciwrite/2012/03/28/the-weak-link-in-the-chain-intelligence/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plos%2Fblogs%2Fmain+%28Blogs+-+Main%29

The photos are like the documentation of a performance piece. Beautiful. And I am reminded of a blog I recently visited, (but sadly can't remember the link) documenting a funeral of a young man who chose to be buried in a felt shroud rather than a coffin. It was beautiful too, the cloth wrapping seemed so much more personal and caring than a wooden box.